墳 means “burial mound, tomb”

ふん · fun

Also: mound

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

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The story

Earth (土) heaped beside 賁: a great mound of soil raised over a grave. 墳 is a burial mound, as in the 古墳 that give the Kofun period its name, and Osaka's giant keyhole-shaped 前方後円墳 are a World Heritage site.

Used in 古墳 (kofun, ancient burial mound), 前方後円墳 (zenpou kouenfun, keyhole-shaped tomb), and 墳墓 (funbo, grave/tomb)

More from Graves & Mourning

• 弔 mourn
• 忌 shun
• 逝 pass away
• 殉 die for a cause
• 棺 coffin
• 訃 news of a death
• 骸 bones
• 遺 leave behind
• 葬 funeral
• 喪 mourning
• 墓 grave
• 悼 grieve

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.